ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Prosecutors questioned the president of Turkish league champion Fenerbahce on Friday in connections with a match-fixing scandal that threatens to strip the club of its title.
Prosecutors started to question Fenerbahce president Aziz Yildirim on Friday. He refused to answer questions during his police interrogation Thursday, the Turkish media said.
A court formally charged 25 suspects — including two top Fenerbahce executives — so far this week on suspicion of manipulating games last season, making Turkey the latest country to be affected by a slew of match-fixing and betting scandals that also has gripped South Korea and Zimbabwe.
In Turkey, investigators have obtained evidence of cheating and bribery involving 19 first- and second-division games, the police said.
